The Adventures of Travel Penguin

About five year's ago I needed to new bag to carry to the office.  I decided against the DC standard of a briefcase handcuffed to...

Jay has a collection of pictures of my backside walking away.  He claims that it is not because he has fetish for my backside, but that I...

Congratulations to fellow blogger John Gray And Professor Chris on their Marriage today in Trelawnyd, North Wales. I share their joy, and...

In the spring of 1990, I was riding a wave of success. I was well paid, working insane hours for a self described lunatic.   My Grandmoth...

The first Wednesday in March is National Read Aloud Day. Some texts are written to be read aloud. Sometimes when I am stumped by a part...

Being born and raised in a western developed country I take many things for granted.  I expect that the lights will come on when I flip t...

Airport terminals can be nice or dreadful.  The modern tendency is to make them utilitarian, cheap to build, easy to maintain and dreadfu...

Face that audience and let them hear your voice loud and clear Wednesday is National Reading Aloud Day Let's try a fun challenge,...

About 30 years ago, I was occupying parallel space with a klutz.  A glass was broken every week.  The Williams Sonoma catalog a...

What flips your switch, lights your fire, brings you to life? When I moved into my office, I remarked to director that I would bring in...

What have I done this week to bring comfort, joy, happiness, well being, beauty, laughter and goodness into the lives of others?  Facebo...

About 10 years ago I got a wild hair one year, and we went to Paris for Christmas. It was a wonderful experience.  I cashed in Delta ...

Why can't I be in two places at once?  It would make life so nice to be on the beach in Kauai and doing the work in my office,  Or lik...

I am amazed at how much computers have changed our lives, in my lifetime.  I bought my first computer from Radio Shack in the early 1980...

Only a few more weeks and spring has to be here, this cold silliness can't go on forever, it is not like we are in the Antarctic or s...

Henry McKenna single barrel, ten year old, bottled in bond, made by Heaven Hill in Bardstown, Kentucky.  This is a well priced, well...

They say confession is good for the soul, and I need unburden my soul on this. I have lust in my heart, for cooking.  I read and collect c...

Soup and stew weather continues.  Today I decided to try a beef , veggie and pasta creation. 1 large onion chopped 3-4 stalks of Celer...

It was 6 degrees this morning so I drove to the office, in Washington DC and parked in the garage in the building,  The parking is all v...

I am tired of complaining about the cold, it is not like complaining changes anything,  I drove to the office today, it takes a little ...